No matter who’s at quarterback, the offense has chugged right along this season for No. 22 Oklahoma State, writes Jeff Latzke of The Associated Press.

The engineer these days is Clint “Choo Choo” Chelf, the third-stringer who has gone from practically unknown to cult hero in a matter of weeks.

Once forgotten at the bottom of the depth chart, Chelf was thrust into the starter’s role after Wes Lunt and J.W. Walsh both got hurt. After back-to-back wins in the first two starts of his career, Chelf is the starter after coach Mike Gundy spent the past two months trying to keep it a secret who’d take the snaps from game to game.

“Whatever train he’s driving, I’m getting on,” Gundy said Monday.

The “Choo Choo” Chelf concept was sparked by a profanity-laced Internet post that was jokingly attributed to him leading up to Oklahoma State’s game against West Virginia two weeks ago.

A Chelf-related hashtag trended on Twitter as he threw for 292 yards and four touchdowns in the win over the Mountaineers, and center Evan Epstein only encouraged it after the game with his tweet: “All Aboard!”

Trivia time

Who holds the NCAA career record for kicking points?

Entering the fight game

Rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent is taking a swing at promoting boxing in Nevada.

Nevada Athletic Commission executive Keith Kizer said the entertainer and businessman whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III won approval last week for a promoter’s license.

The company is called SMS Promotions. It’s handling a Dec. 8 bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas between Cuban-born Miami-based boxer Yuriorkis Gamboa and an opponent yet to be named.

Messages left Monday with the company in New York City weren’t returned.

Kizer says 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. had been talking about forming a promotions company called TMT Promotions.

But the rapper told the commission those plans fell through, and the fledgling business was being absorbed by SMS Promotions.

Bring back Bluepper?

The Philadelphia Phillies’ Double-A affiliate is tweaking its name and adding an ... ostrich?

The Reading Phillies changed their name to the Fightin Phils, a nod to the big club’s longtime nickname, reports The Associated Press. And the farm team also says a pugnacious ostrich, complete with balled fists, is its new mascot.

The ostrich is a reference to a running on-field gag known as the Crazy Hot Dog Vendor, who “rides” on to the field in an ostrich costume.

Brees told CBS’ “Person to Person” in an interview to air Friday that the donation will come through the Dream Foundation he runs with his wife, Brittany. He did not say who will be receiving the donation.

Trivia answer

Florida State’s Dustin Hopkins became the record holder when he booted a 26-yard field goal against Maryland on Saturday. Hopkins has 448 points, nine more than previous record-holder Kyle Brotzman of Boise State (2007-10).